Wire fabric for bed-springs and couches.



B. H. JONES. WIRE FABRIC FOR BED SPRINGS AND GOUGHES. A PPLIGATION FILED FEB. 27, 1908,

935,308, Patented Sept.28,1909.

- a citizen of the United States, residing at St.

BENJAMIN it. Jones, or s'r. LUUiS,

'MIS3GU' WIRE FABRIC FOR BED-SPRINGS AND CQUGI-EES.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed February 27, 1903;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I. BENJAMIN ll. Joxns, Louis. hl-issouri, have invented a certain new and usefulimprovement in Wire Fabric for lied-Springs and (ouche:-:, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specitica tion, in which y I Figure 1 is a top plan view of a portion of a bed spring provided with a wire fabric constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. l; and Fig. 3 is a View similar to F ig.-2 of a slightly modified form of my invention.

This invention relates to wire fabrics such as are used in the construction of bed'springs and folding couches.

The main object of my invention is to provide a wire fabric for the purpose described that is strong and which can be manufactured at a low cost.

Another object is to provide a wire fabric that can be folded. And still another object of my invention is to provide a wire fabric composed ofpieces of wire that are connected together in such amanner that they cannot become detached or separated from each other. I

Briefly described,1ny improved fabric consists of a plurality of continuous strands of wire arranged parallel to each other and each provided with integral laterally projecting shanks or loops that interlock with the loops of an adjacent strand so as to form double cross strands which extend transversely of the continuous strands and cooperate therewith to fornr approximately square openings.

Referring to the drawings which 1llustrate the preferred form of my invention, ldesignates a plurality of continuous strands of wire arranged parallel to each other and each being provided with a plurality of la.t

orally projectingintegral loops or shanks 2 that interlock With the loops of an ad 'iacent strand and thus produce double strands that extend transversely of the continuous strands and cooperate therewith to form approximately square openings. llach shank or loop 2 consists of two parallel portions that lie close to each other and have their outer ends connected together to it is connected to the side pi which is deflected or bent dov termediate its outer end and the so as to form a pocketor re the strand 1 whose triiperatn; through .-aid eye, as shown in constructing'the of the l manner I obtain a fabric in wh' parallel strands 1 and the connecting cr loc horizontal plane. the car loops which lie in a. d' plane than the strands l he Y ti 1 o of the eyes which pass over the ini of thecoiiperating loops of The ends of the the support i which 01 for example, the end piece or frame or a portion of the of a by means of coiled s n-ings 5 and t strands which the loops :2 form 2 ed to an edge piece 6 by means or pieces of wire 7 that pass through in the loops of the outside strand 1 into holes in said edge piece. piece 6 of the fabric is herein she", sisting of strip of mind iron hut .i' course, he understood tha t could be used for the ric without departing from invention. Furtl'ierniore, in shown the parallel strain: lengthwise of the couch o not wish it. to he undcrstomt tn idea is limited s sh a eenstruct' parallel strands 1 could extend of the frame on which the the loops .2 extend longitudin frame. Instead of havin the e loops 2 deflected downwardly, as

2, the eyes in said loops could fiected or bent uowardl or eyes of the loops could be deflected do. and the eyes of the other loco wardly, as indicated at S in A fabric of this. construct advantageously on a fold fabric can be folded or longitudinally of folded or bent npw shaped eyes of the loop in which the strands 1 t The fabric eonipri can be manufactured at a. low Cunt is composed of a plurality of continuous strands of wire provided with integral loops which interlock with each other, it is very strong and the wires from which it is formed are not liable to become detached from each other.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A Wire fabric composed of a number of long strands of Wire arranged parallel to each other and provided at regular intervals with integral laterally projecting loops which are formed by doubling portions of 2. A wire fabric composed of long strands of wire arranged parallel to each other and provided with integral laterally projecting narrow loops which are formed by making right angular bends in said strands and doubling portions thereof, and an enlarged eye at the outer end of each loop which surrounds the base portion of the loop of an adjacent strand so as to form a double strand which extends transversely of said longstrands, each of said eyes being bent to form pockets for receiving the long strands, and

the loops of each strand being spaced apart a. distance approximately equal to the length of the loops. i

In testinnmy whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses, thistwenty fourth day of l eln'uary 1908.

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